{"product_id":"pugets-sound-a-narrative-of-early-tacoma-and-the-southern-sound-9780295744230","title":"Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic \u003ci\u003eSkid Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, \"the City of Destiny,\" and southern Puget Sound, where many major events of Washington's history took place. Drawing upon original journals and reports, Morgan builds \u003ci\u003ePuget's Sound\u003c\/i\u003e around individuals, interweaving portraits of well-known historical figures with a raucous parade of saloonkeepers, politicians, union organizers, schemers, and swindlers. His account begins with the landing of Captain Vancouver in Puget Sound in 1792 and ends with the founding of Fort Lewis in 1916. Between are the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, the boom-and-bust of lumber mills, the anti-Chinese riots of 1885, and more distinctive Northwest history that will intrigue both new arrivals and longtime residents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a new introduction by historian and historic preservationist Michael Sean Sullivan, this redesigned edition of \u003ci\u003ePuget's Sound\u003c\/i\u003e brings new life to Morgan's landmark history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMurray Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2000), a journalist and historian, was the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eSkid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the Olympic Peninsula. He worked for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and CBS News and hosted the early morning radio show \"Our Town, Our World.\" \u003cb\u003eMichael Sean Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e is a public historian, writer, and historic preservationist. He has taught Pacific Northwest history at the University of Washington Tacoma for more than twenty years and, as a graduate student, studied with Murray Morgan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674760483090,"sku":"9780295744230","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f31cd32d-c804-4d86-977b-c9eb2c613240.jpg?v=1733864870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pugets-sound-a-narrative-of-early-tacoma-and-the-southern-sound-9780295744230","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}